Chapter 2381: Countdown to God's Descent

"Waiting for the next time again? It doesn't matter, as long as this interesting story can continue."

"Then Mr. Watson, please flip over the last card."

Xiao En Asmont reminded.

"Alright, let's try my luck one last time."

Xia De flipped over the card in the very center of the five-by-five arrangement, and then threw that "King" onto the table.

The demon scholar was not disappointed at all, and handed 【Song of Cat and Dog · Eternal Guard】 to Xia De with a smile:

"It seems your luck is still pretty good."

Xia De asked curiously:

"Another card. Then Mr. Asmont, will you stay in this city next?"

"I will probably stay for a while. Although the prophecy says that a major disaster will happen here soon, just as I said, this kind of big city with accumulated wealth and restless hearts is the most suitable for a scholar like me to find business."

He stood up and nodded slightly to Xia De:

"The more prosperous and stable the place, the more complex the desires, and the more people who are curious about mysterious demon knowledge or intend to change their destiny through demons... Goodbye, Mr. Watson; I hope we can meet again in a strange city by a wonderful coincidence in the near future."

"Goodbye, thank you again for your playing cards."

Xia De watched the demon scholar leave. He held the black notebook and walked into the thick fog with his body swaying slightly. And in the fog, the figures of a black dog and a black cat flashed by and followed him.

Xia De squinted slightly. The figures of those two animals, no matter how he looked at them, looked like...

"What are you looking at?"

Megan also came to Xia De's side, but at this time Mr. Asmont had already walked far away in the fog.

"Nothing."

Xia De naturally smoothed her hair, so the witch patted him with some shyness:

"Don't tell me nothing; you must have discovered something."

"But it's not the time to solve this matter yet. There are too many things unknown to us in this world. Maybe it's my illusion, maybe there really is a problem, or maybe it's just a coincidence. In short, we will meet again, and I am still looking forward to the next story."

Megan nodded and kissed Xia De on the cheek lightly:

"Can you let me go back to No. 6 Saint-Dran Square with you tonight?"

She had also touched the statue in the basement of the house, and Xia De naturally understood what she meant, and nodded with a smile:

"Of course."

"Cough cough~"

Coughing sounds came from behind the two. Turning their heads, Nadia Lady, who hadn't been seen for a long time, had already appeared behind them.

This lady had a silver dragon-shaped badge hanging on her chest, was in her thirties, and her eyes were slit-pupil shaped. But her hair color was the same brown as Megan and Audrey, which was the hair color inherited by the Edwards family:

"I don't believe that with the perception intensity of you two, you wouldn't have discovered me walking up the stairs."

She looked at the two scrutinizingly:

"Or rather, are you deliberately showing off your love in front of me?"

Xia De coughed awkwardly, but Megan didn't care at all:

"The time is... seven forty-five. Really punctual, cousin. Then you talk to him; I'll be on guard nearby."

Saying this, she waved to Xia De and walked into the bookshelves again.

Xia De made a gesture of invitation, didn't talk to the woman in front of him by the window, but returned to the table where they were telling stories just now.

The latter was quite impolite to Xia De:

"They seem to be really fascinated by you. A man like you must have many means and tricks."

"I don't quite know why you have such hostility toward me."

Nadia Lady frowned and looked at him:

"You charmed my two cousins who are very old but have never been married, and took away all the family's wealth at once. If the family story is a book, then your behavior is simply the worst story ending."

From some aspects, what she described was actually correct.

"I have a question: do you dare to say that they are very old in front of them?"

Xia De asked curiously.

"You!"

"Alright, alright. Speaking of which, how are your sons, the Mr. Furens? Are they living well after returning to Willendale?"

Nadia Lady's tone softened a bit:

"Why, as an 'elder,' you want to care about them? They are living very well; what trouble can there be in Willendale's life? Besides, they have the 【Rose Cross Society】 behind them, and they have many friends. The church knew their identities in Green Lake, but defaulted that they could act freely afterward, which is already good enough."

She looked at Xia De:

"Alright, don't say these meaningless words. Do you really take yourself as the head of the Edwards family? Tell me, what do you want to know?"

"Before starting the formal topic, please allow me to say one last sentence: your father Edward, and his brothers Hohenheim, Alfons, and sister Maria, according to their last wishes, have already been buried together in the flower garden behind the old family house."

After speaking, he didn't care about the expression of the woman in front of him:

"I want to know the plan of the 【Dragon Feast Cult】, the God's Descent plan."

He was very straightforward, and then met with a straightforward refusal:

"You probably didn't notice, I am still a member and believer of the cult; I cannot betray."

Xia De of course didn't think she would directly say such secrets:

"Then can you talk about the Chosen One? And that giant egg and 【Sacrificial Bone Sword】."

Nadia Lady raised her eyebrows:

"This question is actually the same thing as your first question, so I cannot say."

Xia De understood immediately; that egg was indeed related to the God's Descent ritual;

"The sage-level relic 【Time Dragon's Scale】 and the document-level relic 【Char Farm's Incubator】 stolen from the local Dawn Church half a month ago should also be the same thing as the first question, so you cannot say, right?"

The middle-aged woman said nothing, and Xia De understood again:

"Actually, it doesn't matter even if you leave the cult. The plan of your aunt Maria's grandson and granddaughter, the Green siblings, to revitalize and operate Paradise Island is being carried out. Although they have the help of their father, a corpse ghost who hasn't left yet, they are also short of manpower. Even Megan and the others' company is not without positions for you."

"If you want to persuade me to abandon my faith, then there is no need. If you continue to talk about this topic, I will get up and leave now."

She didn't look like she was joking at all. Xia De changed the subject:

"Then what can you say?"

"Of course."

She raised her eyebrows again, looking at those dense bookshelves by the table:

"If I can cause trouble for those guys in the 【Light-Seeking Seminar】, I am of course happy to."

"How did they offend you? Aren't you in a cooperative relationship?"

"Are you really not knowing or pretending not to know? At the beginning of infiltrating Moon Bay, we were indeed in a cooperative relationship, and they also promised to cooperate with us to seek the Seventh Chosen One. But almost all the major events that followed were carried by us in front, and now, the church's spearhead is pointed directly at us, while that group of lunatics who want to become light are hiding instead."

Speaking of this, Ms. Lady obviously had great resentment:

"Especially that Light-Seeker, who recently doesn't even want to come to see us actively."

"Is there a possibility that they are hiding their plan to turn into light from you, and you are hiding your God's Descent plan from them, so neither of you are good people."

Xia De reminded, and the middle-aged woman's mouth twitched:

"Do you always talk like this? No, don't answer this question of mine. Regarding the 【Light-Seeking Seminar】, the information we have is not much more than yours. Everyone can guess what they want to do; as for the specific plan..."

She pointed in the direction of the window:

"Look at this fog; this is one of the plans. The 'Edge of Life and Death' opened last Sunday was caused by them, but what they want is not undead riots or death invasion, but to cover the whole city with fog. You should have also discovered that the special light accumulated in this thick fog is gradually increasing with time."

"Yes."

Xia De nodded:

"Are you trying to say that they are using this fog to continuously accumulate the power of special light?"

"Yes, otherwise, relying only on sunlight and moonlight, although it can cause serious damage in a short time, it is obviously not enough to achieve their 'great' goal." ===== CHAPTER 2382 =====

The middle-aged woman warned:

"I am not boasting, but even if you are truly formidable, God-Awakener, you are absolutely no match for my master."

Xia De was, of course, very clear on this point:

"We cannot discuss the affairs of the cult, but we can talk about the 【Light-Worshipper Seminar】, right?"

"Of course."

She raised her eyebrows again, leaning sideways against the table to look at the dense bookshelves:

"If I can cause trouble for that group of fellows in the 【Light-Worshipper Seminar】, I would certainly be happy to."

"How did they offend you? Aren't you in a cooperative relationship?"

"Are you truly ignorant, or are you pretending to be? When we first infiltrated Moon Bay, we were indeed in a cooperative relationship, and they promised to work with us to seek the seventh Chosen One. But for almost every major event that followed, we were the ones at the forefront. Now, the Church's spearhead is pointed directly at us, while those lunatics who want to become light have hidden themselves away."

Speaking of this, Ms. Fulun was clearly filled with great resentment:

"Especially that Light-Chaser; lately, he won't even take the initiative to come see us."

"Is there a possibility that they are hiding their plan to transform into light from you, while you are hiding your God-Descent plan from them, and therefore neither of you are good people?"

Xia De reminded her, and the middle-aged woman's mouth twitched:

"Do you always speak like this? No, don't answer that question. Regarding the 【Light-Worshipper Seminar】, the intelligence we have is not much more than yours. Everyone can guess what they want to do, but as for the specific plan..."

She pointed toward the window:

"Look at this fog; this is one of their plans. The 'Edge of Life and Death' that opened last Sunday was caused by them, but what they want is not an undead riot or a death invasion, but to cover the entire city with fog. You should have noticed, too, that the light accumulating in this dense fog is gradually increasing with time."

"Yes."

Xia De nodded:

"Are you trying to say that they are using this fog to continuously accumulate the power of aberrant light?"

"Yes. Otherwise, relying only on sunlight and moonlight, while it could cause severe damage in the short term, it would clearly not be enough to achieve their 'great' goal."